Workday HCM Payroll - Principal Consultant

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5 Locations
In-Office or Remote
Senior level
Consulting
The Role
Responsible for implementing Workday Payroll solutions, ensuring successful configurations, conducting client sessions, and supporting integrations while applying best practices.
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Huron is a global consultancy that collaborates with clients to drive strategic growth, ignite innovation and navigate constant change. Through a combination of strategy, expertise and creativity, we help clients accelerate operational, digital and cultural transformation, enabling the change they need to own their future. 
Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future.

At Huron, we’re redefining what a consulting organization can be. We go beyond advice to deliver results that last. We inherit our client’s challenges as if they were our own. We help them transform for the future. We advocate. We make a difference. And we intelligently, passionately, relentlessly do great work…together. Huron is fully committed to providing equal employment opportunity to job applicants and employees in recruitment, hiring, employment, compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, training, and all other terms and conditions of employment. Huron will not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, religion, veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, creed, citizenship or any other status protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. We endeavor to maintain a drug-free workplace.
Are you the kind of person who stands ready to jump in, roll up your sleeves and transform ideas into action? Then come discover Huron

Requirements:

  • As a Workday HCM and Payroll Functional Consultant, you will be responsible for ensuring the successful implementation of Workday’s Payroll solutions.
  • Certification in Workday US/UK/Canada Payroll is a must.
    You will provide Workday product, subject-matter, and implementation expertise; and work with partners to understand their business requirements and help configure and test the derived solutions.
  • In-depth knowledge of Workday Payroll framework,  taxes, compliances, and legislation
    You will work effectively individually and with team members toward customer satisfaction and success.
  • Design and implement requirements in the Workday Payroll solution, building end to end solutions.
  • Demonstrate the configurations through the development of a prototype.
  • You will assist in creating solutions for clients and/or internal review.
  • Conduct working sessions with clients to gather, understand, and analyze business requirements; ensure client takes advantage of Workday standard methodologies.
  • Help convert legacy data into Workday and assist clients in testing the designed solutions.
    Assist the integration team in configuring and testing integrations between Workday and other third-party or custom solutions.
  • Resolve complex tasks/requirements and understand and implement complex business scenarios.
  • Analyze Workday release updates to understand impacts of feature changes, in relation to clients existing configuration.
  • Facilitate clients intellectual and practical adoption of Workday best practices for Workday Payroll.
  • Innovate and suggest new approaches and tools to deploy Workday efficiently and effectively
  • Substantial and measurable delivery of 2 or more End to end US/UK/Canada Payroll implementations.

Preferences:

  • Minimum 3 years of experience in Workday workstream.
  • Current active Workday US/UK/Canada Payroll Certification.
  • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent with work experience.
  • Must be able to setup Earnings, Deductions and Tax Calculations.
  • Excellent communication skills, oral and written, and the interpersonal skills needed quickly to establish relationships of trust and collaboration.

Position LevelSenior Associate

CountryIndia

Skills Required

  • Certification in Workday US/UK/Canada Payroll
  • In-depth knowledge of Workday Payroll framework
  • Minimum 3 years of experience in Workday workstream
  • Current active Workday US/UK/Canada Payroll Certification
  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent with work experience

Huron Compensation & Benefits Highlights

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  • Retirement Support Retirement programs include a company 401(k) match positioned as a core element of total rewards, signaling strong long‑term savings support. Company materials and filings describe a competitive match structure with broad availability.
  • Equity Value & Accessibility An employee stock purchase plan provides company‑matched RSUs on purchased shares and is broadly accessible across the workforce, indicating meaningful equity participation. Company filings outline the plan’s match design and wide eligibility.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Policies emphasize flexible/unlimited PTO, paid holidays, and parental leave with caregiving resources, reflecting expansive time‑off options. Careers and benefits pages present flexibility and time away as core components of the package.

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The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL
3,753 Employees
Year Founded: 2002

What We Do

Huron is a global consultancy that collaborates with clients to drive strategic growth, ignite innovation and navigate constant change. Through a combination of strategy, expertise and creativity, we help clients accelerate operational, digital and cultural transformation, enabling the change they need to own their future. By embracing diverse perspectives, encouraging new ideas and challenging the status quo, we create sustainable results for the organizations we serve.

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